Chnoospora
Photo: (c) Kyle Van Houtan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kyle Van Houtan (iNaturalist)
17
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1952
First collected
1988
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Chnoospora, most mentions first.
2020
Marine benthic algae from Ni‘ihau and adjacent Lehua Islet, Main Hawaiian IslandsTsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A., Spalding, H.L., Giuseffi, L.M., Okano, R., Kennedy, B.H. & Sherwood, A.R. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2019
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1998
Determination of baseline conditions for introduced marine species in nearshore waters of the of Kahoolawe, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, J.E. Smith, D. Muir & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2018
New species records and voucher specimens of marine benthic algae from Kah‘olawe, main Hawaiian IslandsTsuda, R.T. & Abbott, I.A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2017
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2017: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
8 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1952 by Doty, M.S. (Tahiti). The Museum last collected it in 1988; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 25, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
18 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) higgmaso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-29
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-11
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-07
richardson ocean park hilo
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-04
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-01
Richardson Ocean Park, Hilo, HI, US
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-26
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-10
Makapuu Beach Park, Waimanalo, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)